Pasteboard box



Apr. 3, 1923. 1,450,334

H. SCHW E NNEKE PASTEBOARD BOX Filed Apr. 26, 1921 Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

' UNIT sr E HANS SCHWENNEKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GLOBE PAPER BOX COMPANY, ORCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PASTEBOARD Box. Application filed April as, 1921. Serial No. 464,580.

To all whom z'tmay concern: and the top of" the inner-cover'2 can be Be it known that I, HANS SoHwENNnKn, a swung to cover the top of the box and'the citizen of the United States, and a resident flap 3 will swing inwardly parallel to the of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State top of the inner cover so that the flap 3,

5 of'Illinois, have inventedcertain new-and and the portion 5, which latter may be 60 useful. Improvements in Pasteboard Boxes, termed a segment, will fold so th t th tof which the following is a specification. side faces thereof will become facing andv My invention relates to pasteboard boxes theinside face of the flap 3 will facethe merchandise, for example, and is particu- 7 which are defined along the line 6 and from dust and air, supplemental to the usual inner-side of the box '1. The segment 8 "is flanged cover forenclosing the top of the also adhesively attached tothe inner-side box. of the box, and likewise the segment 9 is A primeobject of the inner cover is to adhesively attached to an inner'end of the afford a salient space for advertisingthe conbox. 1 r i tentsof thebox. Forexample,the usual outer The V shaped open portion betweenseg cover of the box would be disposed of and ments 8 and 9 is formed when the segment 7 the inner cover opened to display the con- 1s raised'in order to bow flap 3 and the on the inner side; of the inner cover.v In is perpendicular with respectto the bottom order to protect the contents of the box, at of the ox. This latter arrangement thus night from air and dust-, for example, the permits the cover 2'to be gyrated'backward' 25 inner cover may be swung into the covering so that it tilts backward before the flap 3- position. and the portion'o. straighten into the same A display box incorporating the present plane to'serve as a check against the further invention is shown in Fig. 1 of the accombackward gyration of the cover 2. Itwill panying drawing. thus appear that the cover has a swing of 30 1g. 2 shows a vertical section of the box over degrees from its closing position be-" I with one side thereof and also the correfore being checked by its folding edges. I

sponding flange of the cover removed. am aware that tops of pasteboard boxes Fig. 3 shows a plan elevation of'the box with folding members have heretofore'been with the cover-removed and the inner-cover used, but so far as I am aware I am the raised and it also indicates a portion of the first to construct such a cover with retaining .90

inner-cover where adhesively secured to the flaps as aportion thereof which will permit sides of the box proper. t ecover to gyrate past a line perpendicular Fig. 4: shows the inner cover member in with its fixed portion. somewhat detailed form with particular t will thus be clear that the inner-cover reference to its relation to the box proper. can be inwardly swung around the creased The pasteboard box 1 may be of the usual line 11 so that the portion 2 will swing form used for containing merchandise, into within the box and preferably lie parallel which is adhesively secured the inner-cover with the bottom of the box, as it would which has a top 2 designed to be swung up should the boxbe filled with merchandise,

45 wardly. Flaps 3 are designed to be folded for example, the flap 3 and the segment 5 inwardly and lie parallel to the top of the folding inwardly and lying parallel to the inner-cover 2 when the inner cover is placed top portion 2, and not occupying appreciable in the position covering the top of the box. space within the box. I Crease 4 defining one edge of the portion 5 It will be thus clear that the outer cover 50 and crease 6 defining the lower edge of the of the box 10 can be removed and the inner flap 3 to be folded into a plane parallel with of the segment 5' and the flap 3 so that the t einner-cover 2. That is to say, the portion contents can. be readily removed or dis- 55 5 can be folded inwardly along the crease 6, played. It will be clear that the crease 4;

, limit of gyration defining the flap or se 5 will form a gment portions 4 and supplemental hinge for the cover, and it will also serve to restrain the cover portion from lateral movement as well as acting to stiffen the support of the cover.

The drawings and descriptions thereof contemplate but one form of inner-cover employing the present invention, but it is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the exact structure shown, but desire to include and cover all modifications thereof as may readily be made in adapting it to various forms of pasteboard boxes and the like, in view of the subj oined claims.

I laim 1. In a pasteboard box or the like, a cover singly hinged from a side of the box having afolding pasteboard portion thereof which forms a supplemental hinge for the cover and which will unfold to form a means to liiiiit'the gyrationof the cover, the limit of gyration being beyond the line of the side of box to which the cover is hinged, so the angle between the inside face of the cover the inside face of the hinged side of the box will be more than one hundred and hty e re 2 In a pasteboard box or the like, a cover memberv "approximating the dimensions of theopenporti on of the box to be closed, but smaller. than the said opening, the said cover H eiiiberbeing singly hinged from a side of e box and having a folding portion therec-yof vthich will unfold to form means to limit the gyration of thecover, the limit of gyrationbeing beyond the line of the side of the box to whi h the cover is hinged, so the angle between the inside face of the cover and the insidefface of the hinged side of the box will'be more than one hundred and eighty egrees 3, In a pasteboard box or the like, a secondary cover member approximating the dimensions of'the open portion of the box to be clese'd, but smaller than the said opening, thesaid cover, member being singly hinged from'a side of the box and having a folding portion thereof which will unfold to form means'to limit the gyration of the cover, the limit of gyr'ation being beyond the line of the side of the box to which the cover is hinged, sothe angle between the inside face of the cover and the inside face of the hinged side of the box will be more than 180 degrees.

4, In a pasteboard box or the like an auxiliary cover member approximating the dimensions of the open portion of the box to be' closed, but smaller than the said opening, the said cover member being singly hinged from a side of the box and having a foldingportion thereof which will unfold to form means to limit the gyration of the cover, the

being beyond the line of the side of the box to which the cover is hinged, so the angle between the inside face of the cover and the inside face of the hinged side of the box will be more than 180 degrees, and a primary cover for enclosing 1tohe auxiliary cover and the opening of the 5. In a pasteboard box or the like, a sheet cover portion singly hinged from a side of the box having folding sheet flaps as an integral portion of the cover which said flaps form supplemental hinges for the cover and which will unfold to limit the gyration of the cover, the limit of gyration being beyond the line of the side of the box to which the said cover portion is hinged, so the angle between the inside face of the said cover portion and the inside face of'the hinged side of the box will be more than one hundred and eight degrees.

6. In a pasteboard box or the like, a cover portion and folding flaps therefor formed of a single sheet of material the said flaps forming supplemental hinges for the cover portion, the said cover portion singly hinged from a side of the box, creases defining the flaps for folding the faces of same generally parallel with the inside face of the cover portion, and means of attaching the flap portion to the box whereby when the cover portion is gyrated from its covering position the flaps will unfold an agency to limit the gyration of the cover portion, the said gyration being over ninety degrees from its covering position.

7. In a pasteboard box or the like, a cover portion having folding flaps the said flaps forming supplemental hinges for the cover portion, the said cover portion singly hinged by a crease from a first side of the box, creases defining the flaps of the cover portion and a second side of the box so the said flaps can be folded generally parallel with the inside face of the cover portion whereby the flaps when unfolded form an agency to limit the gyration of the cover, the said gyration being over ninety degrees from its covering position.

8. In a pasteboard box or the like, a cover portion having folding'fiaps the'said flaps forming supplemental hinges for the cover portion, the said cover portion singly hinged by a crease from a side of the box, creases defining the flaps of the cover portion and a side adjacent to the said first side, whereby the said flaps can be folded generally paral lel with the inside face of the cover portion so when the cover portion is gyrated from its covering position the flaps will unfold and form a limiting agency to restrain the cover portion from gyrating beyond a'predetermined angular distance, the said dis tance being over ninety degrees.

9 In a pasteboard box or thelike, a cover portion having folding flaps, the said flaps forming supplemental hinges for the cover a limiting agency to restrain the cover por- 10 portion, the said cover singly hinged by a tion from gyrating beyond a predetermined crease from a side of the box, creases definangular distance, the said distance being ing flaps of the cover portion and a side adover one hundred and eighty degrees countj acent to the said first side, whereby the said ed from the inside face of the hinged side.

flaps can be folded generally parallel with In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 15 the inside face of the cover portion so when my name this 23 day of April, A. D., 1921. the cover portion is gyrated from its covering position the flaps will unfold and form HANS SCHWENNEKE. 

